Zippy Bot@lemmy.zipB to Gaming@lemmy.zipEnglish · 4 months agoStreets of Fortuna is a chaotic The Sims-like in an ambitious open-world city sandbox, made with the help of Dwarf Fortress creatorswww.rockpapershotgun.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down11
arrow-up124arrow-down1external-linkStreets of Fortuna is a chaotic The Sims-like in an ambitious open-world city sandbox, made with the help of Dwarf Fortress creatorswww.rockpapershotgun.comZippy Bot@lemmy.zipB to Gaming@lemmy.zipEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·4 months agoI’ve heard “Life Sim” before. There are so many other ways to say it aside from trying to make a sentence like “It’s a The Sims-like”.
minus-squareZahille7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoOr just cut out the “The.” Like we really don’t need that in there, it just adds more to the word salad tongue twister.
minus-squareShadowedcross@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoI don’t think everyone knows about the life sim genre, but most everyone has heard of, or played, The Sims, so it makes for a more attention grabbing headline. But yes, it is stupid.
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoThen why not “X, a chaotic new game inspired by The Sims, …”? Lol
I’ve heard “Life Sim” before.
There are so many other ways to say it aside from trying to make a sentence like “It’s a The Sims-like”.
Or just cut out the “The.” Like we really don’t need that in there, it just adds more to the word salad tongue twister.
I don’t think everyone knows about the life sim genre, but most everyone has heard of, or played, The Sims, so it makes for a more attention grabbing headline. But yes, it is stupid.
Then why not “X, a chaotic new game inspired by The Sims, …”? Lol